Fish-guide.



W. K. BLODGETT.

.FISH GUIDE.

APPLIOATIADN FILED JANI s, 191,1.

Patented May 5, 1914.

UNITED STAT-ns invii?autrferrieE WILLI-AM KING nLonGsr'r, or roIN'rrLE-AsAN'r. New JERSEY, AssIoNoR. BY'MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To AMERICANCHAIN coMPANr, rnconronairsn, or BmnGnroRzr,

coNNisc'rrcutr, A CORPORATION or NEW from; FISH-GUIDE.

1 ,095,697. Specification 0f Letters Patent i Patented May, 1914.

v Application tile-(1I anuary 3, 1911. Serial No. GOLSDI.

To all whom. it may concern:

Tlc it known that I, W'iiinmzit K. Bmnriirrr, ofloint Pleasant, in thecounty of Ocean, inthe State of New Jersey, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Fish- Guidcs,'of which the following, taken inconiicction with the accompanying drawings, is

a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in lish guides, and hasfor its object the construction cfa guide which is adapted to he used indeep` water for the piirposeot' guiding fish into traps.

I havc'discovered by observation that inv placing screens or guides inthe water for the purpose of driving the fish in a certain direction,that .it isquite unnecessary to jhave the meshes of the screen or guideof a 'the approaching side sists in aiish guide constructed of ametallic fabric, such as chains or the like and mounted ateitlier endupon poles -or stakes, a nd these are driven down into the mud hcnea ththc water and allowed to remain there any convenient time. One of theessential features of the inven tion consists in constructing the fabricessentially of metal chain or articulate members so as 'to bc durableand at the sa me time this fabric may be mounted upon poles of anyconvenient size for the work in hand, and to that end my-nvcntionconsists in several other new and novel features of constructionhereinafter described and specifically set forth inthe claims hereuntoannexed.'

It is constructed. as follows, reference being had tcthc drawings in`which I show a fabric-as it would appear. in usc, except that thehorizontal strand would be expected' to sag more or less-between thep'olcs. This would depend on how tirm the poles .were heid after beingset.

-aarc poles or rods of any convenient size or length, and the fabricconstitutingtlic guide is comprised of horizontal articulato members(ii-.strands Z2-J@ the number being in proportion to the de th of thewater, and-c are end stranfs to which the longitudinal strands aresecured, the longitudinal and endv strands being secured at each cornerto a ring 4lthrough which. or by -which the fabric vis secured' to `thc-'poles -athe poles at the upper portion.

its own weight, -fare vertical strands preferably oft\\f'ine,irope orcordaV e tohold .the longitudinal strandscin equa distance apart. Thesevertical strands -f may be made of wire or chain. ,but I have found itmore convenient to make them of some ma? ferial which may heconveniently cut away or removed as at times it is desired to re.- ilucethe size. of the mesh or increase it, and by employing` a verticalstrand of some nonmetallic material it may be readily removed or entoli' and new ones substituted at the points` desired. It will beobserved that these pieces ot' falli-ic may be made up into anylcngthsor widths desired according to the work in hand.

Having described my invention what I claim i`S-.

1. The fish guide comprising horizontal members formed of lai-gc linkchain and being substantially uniformly spaced apart, and-verticalnoninetallic Stringer members connecting said horizontal memberstogether to forni a structure having guiding action on fish many timessmaller than the actual size of the meshes.

2. The fish guide comprising'- widely spaced longitudinal members formedof largeilink cha'in and tra iisvei'se cord Stringer 'members connectingsaid longitudinal ineinbers together to form an open mesh structurehaving.;` Guidingaction on fish many smaller than the` actual size ofthe meshes. f l i 3. The stationary fishL guide comprising widely spacedlongitudinal chainmembers,

substantially transverse non-metallic Stringer members connecting saidlongitudinal members 4together and coperating supportsv for saidmembers' to forma structure having such open mesh asto minimizedebxis'eol-`

